Only Congress Can Save College Sports

[unfrozencvmanvol]

I've been saying this for over a year. I know it's a bad situation for college sports to be in because Congress is not famous for fixing stuff, but they are the only ones, in this situation who can fix it. Here it is in the Federalist today:

Only Congress And The President Can Save College Sports

Saving college sports this time will require comprehensive federal legislation that touches some of the most complex areas of law.

thefederalist.com

 

[CAVPUT]

Then the sport is as good as dead. Anything the government gets involved in is ruined in the end.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

When one depends on Congress to do anything (a) quickly, (b) efficiently, or (c) effectively, one is always disappointed.

This has been true from the time our Continental Army wintered over in Valley Forge to the present day.

Deliberative bodies are not good at taking action. They're designed to, you know, deliberate. Talk. Discuss. Argue. Debate. Consider. But not take action.

Need to look elsewhere, though I agree there's pretty much no one else with the authority or clout to get it done.

Go Vols!

 

[BowlBrother85]

The columnist didn't provide any specific details on what this "comprehensive federal legislation" should consist of. He didn't really do much of anything but call for broad government intervention. I don't see it happening, but I don't think college sports are going anywhere either.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Then the sport is as good as dead. Anything the government gets involved in is ruined in the end.

Bingo. Imagine thinking Congress can actually fix anything. Those inept, corrupt douche canoes probably couldn’t put two Lego pieces together without screwing it up.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

I've been saying this for over a year. I know it's a bad situation for college sports to be in because Congress is not famous for fixing stuff, but they are the only ones, in this situation who can fix it. Here it is in the Federalist today:

Only Congress And The President Can Save College Sports

Saving college sports this time will require comprehensive federal legislation that touches some of the most complex areas of law.

thefederalist.com

Call it crazy all you want but this is what happens when so many wanted the NCAA dismantled. Nobody gave any real thought into how or who would govern. Now that the NCAA is all but powerless, teams and conferences can do whatever they want.

Yeah boy college football sure does seem a lot better off without the NCAA

 

[BowlBrother85]

The NCAA has become an archaic organization, which is struggling to define what the current rules are .... much less enforce them. A new governing body needs to be assembled, but it shouldn't involve the federal government.

 

[sami]

I've been saying this for over a year. I know it's a bad situation for college sports to be in because Congress is not famous for fixing stuff, but they are the only ones, in this situation who can fix it. Here it is in the Federalist today:

Only Congress And The President Can Save College Sports

Saving college sports this time will require comprehensive federal legislation that touches some of the most complex areas of law.

thefederalist.com

Congress is not only famous for not fixing stuff, they are more famous for f***king up everything they touch.

If the future if college sports rests in the hands of a collection of mostly self serving whores, you might as well close the book on it right now.

 

[sami]

When one depends on Congress to do anything (a) quickly, (b) efficiently, or (c) effectively, one is always disappointed.

This has been true from the time our Continental Army wintered over in Valley Forge to the present day.

Deliberative bodies are not good at taking action. They're designed to, you know, deliberate. Talk. Discuss. Argue. Debate. Consider. But not take action.

Need to look elsewhere, though I agree there's pretty much no one else with the authority or clout to get it done.

Go Vols!

Politicians never solve problems, they campaign on promises to solve those problems. Both parties have been running on the same basic issues since the beginning of time. Fixing those problems takes away the issue as campaign fodder, which is the lifeblood of a political campaign.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

The columnist didn't provide any specific details on what this "comprehensive federal legislation" should consist of. He didn't really do much of anything but call for broad government intervention. I don't see it happening, but I don't think college sports are going anywhere either.

This article was in the Federalist of all places, which historically is the least likely of all national publications to call for broad government intervention. Congress is already involved, it's their antitrust law that is the problem, and only Congress can change it. I understand people do not like this reality, but it's reality nonetheless.

 

[stolitonic]

If that's the case, might as well cue Dandy Don because the party is over........

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Congress is not only famous for not fixing stuff, they are more famous for f***king up everything they touch.

If the future if college sports rests in the hands of a collection of mostly self serving whores, you might as well close the book on it right now.

They are already involved, their Antitrust laws (and the courts deciding they were applicable) is the whole problem. Only Congress can change them. The status quo is unsustainable. If no action is taken by Congress, football and basketball will ultimately disassociate from the universities and the non-revenue sports will go away. There might be a Vols, Inc. minor league football team in 10 years that plays games at Neyland Stadium under a lease, but college sports are done. Toast, without Congressional legislation.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

The NCAA has become an archaic organization, which is struggling to define what the current rules are .... much less enforce them. A new governing body needs to be assembled, but it shouldn't involve the federal government.

What governing body though? Who runs it?

 

[Special Ed]

This congress couldn't save trading stamps.
Or baseball cards.

 

[obxvol]

Salary caps. If you don’t want to play with salary caps, then don’t play. It’s not a God-given right to play college football. I guarantee you there’s a kid out there that would kill to play the game and get paid for it. It’s really simple. Don’t bow down to the divas.

 

[Majors]

Congress allows insider trading, they don’t want to fix anything that will negatively come back on them.

 

[TheVolsFrog]

Something will happen.
I think the top schools are going to form their own league, make players employees with 2yr contracts min, get a antitrust exemption from Congress, have a governing rules body, teams will probably be more like a club team and pay their school a license fee to use the logo, facilities and also be the go to for players education. Either that or schools collude on setting what they'll pay players which will probably get them sued haha

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Salary caps. If you don’t want to play with salary caps, then don’t play. It’s not a God-given right to play college football. I guarantee you there’s a kid out there that would kill to play the game and get paid for it. It’s really simple. Don’t bow down to the divas.

No one can enforce a salary cap right now. If Congress granted an antitrust exemption to college sports they could but until they do there will be no enforceable rules.

 

[KINGSVOL]

The government getting involved is not gonna happen. Too much money floating around. Eventually we'll see 30-50 teams is a single league with negotiated contracts. One thing that WILL NOT CHANGE, the NIL box is open, no one is going to close it. Schools in the league will come up with compensation packages that are equal---QB 1 mil, Kicker 200K, etc. as far as pay goes. NIL will be skyrocketing! Best part about all is that tax burdens in Tennessee are amoung the lowest in the county!

AND, we'll see "trade clauses" instead of the transfer portal, because the players will be paid employees------pro football players.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

The government getting involved is not gonna happen. Too much money floating around. Eventually we'll see 30-50 teams is a single league with negotiated contracts. One thing that WILL NOT CHANGE, the NIL box is open, no one is going to close it. Schools in the league will come up with compensation packages that are equal---QB 1 mil, Kicker 200K, etc. as far as pay goes. NIL will be skyrocketing! Best part about all is that tax burdens in Tennessee are amoung the lowest in the county!

AND, we'll see "trade clauses" instead of the transfer portal, because the players will be paid employees------pro football players.

You'll likely still need an Antitrust Exemption to put a salary cap on a pro league. That means Congress will have to do something.

Capping salaries is, by definition, anti-competitive and illegal. Pro leagues do it via exemptions and a basic agreement to use a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the owners and player's union.

 

[J C Higgins]

I've been saying this for over a year. I know it's a bad situation for college sports to be in because Congress is not famous for fixing stuff, but they are the only ones, in this situation who can fix it. Here it is in the Federalist today:

Only Congress And The President Can Save College Sports

Saving college sports this time will require comprehensive federal legislation that touches some of the most complex areas of law.

thefederalist.com

I’ve said the same thing. It’s that or keep things as is and the latter isn’t going to last in the long run. So I’m willing to take a chance on legal changes to try to correct it.

 

[KINGSVOL]

You'll likely still need an Antitrust Exemption to put a salary cap on a pro league. That means Congress will have to do something.

Capping salaries is, by definition, anti-competitive and illegal. Pro leagues do it via exemptions and a basic agreement to use a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the owners and player's union.

Which already exists, CFB would use the same model as the NFL and since players will become employees they could keep school requirements in place or not.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

I've been saying this for over a year. I know it's a bad situation for college sports to be in because Congress is not famous for fixing stuff, but they are the only ones, in this situation who can fix it. Here it is in the Federalist today:

Only Congress And The President Can Save College Sports

Saving college sports this time will require comprehensive federal legislation that touches some of the most complex areas of law.

thefederalist.com

The Supreme Court ruling created this situation. It's time they make some decisions which can clear up the mess they created.

 

[Voltopia]

I do so dearly appreciate the "Congress can do nothing" avenue of humor, but Congress was involved in creating the original antitrust exemption that allowed the NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL to operate in the wake of the Supreme Court's 1961 judgment against the NFL. Not only that, it took them less than one month to do so. The Supreme Court passed its judgment that July, and only two months later Congress took up the legislation to create the Sports Broadcasting Act.

Today's Congress certainly would likely struggle to do anything remotely similar, though I suspect college athletics is a sort of universal solvent that may loosen the gears of operation - if only because "saving college athletics" is a win that can be talked about by every constituency from Maine to San Diego.

And yes, for anyone keeping score, that was an incredibly obscure reference to The Simpsons Homer At The Bat.

 

[JustFunnN'Orange]

When one depends on Congress to do anything (a) quickly, (b) efficiently, or (c) effectively, one is always disappointed.

This has been true from the time our Continental Army wintered over in Valley Forge to the present day.

Deliberative bodies are not good at taking action. They're designed to, you know, deliberate. Talk. Discuss. Argue. Debate. Consider. But not take action.

Need to look elsewhere, though I agree there's pretty much no one else with the authority or clout to get it done.

Go Vols!

To summarize your post JP.......a camel is a horse designed by a committee!